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Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4:In page 26, to delete lines 9 to 11. I ask the Acting Chairman if amendments Nos. 4 and 5 in my name could be grouped for the purposes of this discussion and to speed up the debate?

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Can I request that they be grouped?

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Amendment No. 4 proposes to delete the provision in section 26 of the Bill that says the parole board can only consider an application for parole once the applicant officially becomes eligible. This process can be long and arduous and there may be resource implications as it gets up and running. We can speed up this process for it to run as quickly and efficiently as possible for the...

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 5:In page 29, lines 28 and 29. to delete all words from and including "and" in line 28 down to and including line 29. The amendment seeks to delete the provision that states that where an applicant has been unsuccessful and the Parole Board has written to the Irish Prison Service advising it on how the applicant's sentence could be better managed to produce a successful...

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Lynn Ruane: It seeks to make them not explicitly non-binding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I thank all of the representatives for their presentations. I will focus on Mr. Connolly. I agree with everything included in his submission. I am sure other committee members will pick up on what is included in the other presentations. I heard what Mr. Connolly had to say about operations, but in a sense it is about policies because to improve operations we might need to improve the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: In respect of documentation that is or is not accepted some people cannot even appeal because SUSI says it does not know what documentation to request for proof of estrangement. That needs to be cleared up because people who are starting the college year are in limbo. If SUSI has reduced funding, do our guests have a target for refusals that they must reach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: People are not being told what documentation they need. They have provided every sort of documentation they could possibly imagine would be enough and SUSI is saying it does not know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Costs: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I will begin by agreeing with the final comments of Senator Gavan on the funding of private schools. There is no evidence to support the counter-argument. Furthermore, what is wrong with moving to a public school system? If the private schools did close their doors, maybe the whole school system would improve. Students would be able to push past some of the class and culture barriers and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Interim Report on Reduced Timetables: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister. Much has already been said. We need to look beyond the reduced timetables. Other speakers have already mentioned why reduced timetables have become such a norm in so many schools. We need to look at pupil-teacher ratios. Teachers will say reduced timetables are being used because of the number of children they are trying to teach in a class. All of a sudden one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I am reminded that we are here to try to look at solutions. Having listened to the witnesses, I feel at a loss, yet the State expects Travellers to find solutions to the problems they did not create or have control over in terms of discrimination, accommodation and State oppression over many years. We have been tasked with finding solutions. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Can I ask one direct question? In terms of the recommendation on Traveller-specific mental health services, do the witnesses envisage that being integrated within existing mental health services or a stand-alone service? It is important, in terms of developing services, to know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Before we go back into private session, I want to clarify something. At the start of the meeting, we laid out the plan for future sessions. In private session last week, we agreed that there would be a session after those that have been set out at which we could hear the voices of those who would not normally contribute to policy or academia. The Chair did not mention that session and I...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: These are positive amendments to the legislation. I have questions relating to what happened with the wetlands in Tallaght last week. To what extent will this amendment prevent what happened in Tallaght from happening in the future? The statement from the local authorities was not satisfactory and did not show that they cared very much over how hurt people were by what happened. I watched...

Seanad: Relationships and Sexuality Education: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for coming to the Seanad today. I am delighted we are finally getting a chance to debate this really important report from January by the Joint Committee on Education and Skills, a report that I was delighted to contribute to, along with other Deputies and Senators. As the mother of a child of schoolgoing age who had to remove her from the classroom while particular...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Some comments were made in this Chamber about certain types of political work, such as advocacy, being adults' work, and about children being exploited or used by particular groups when they begin to pursue their passion and purpose. Much of the commentary and critique around young women such as Greta Thunberg has focused mainly on her mental health and her Asperger's syndrome. As the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: This is something that should be celebrated, facilitated, welcomed, and championed. Her mental health will always be in a good place as long as people facilitate and support her, and acknowledge the big impact she is having on the world, instead of resisting, trolling, and questioning her abilities as a young woman. My daughter became passionately involved in the area of suicide and suicide...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: On a point of order, the Senator is giving a small slip of a private meeting which does not provide context or accurate information. He quoted the letter out of context.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister for coming to the Seanad. I welcome the Bill, which I support. It seeks to secure, through student and parent charters, the greater involvement of all stakeholders in school communities in the collaborative setting of rules and procedures for the running of schools.This is a good thing and is welcome. I strongly believe that students and parents need to feel part of...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Lynn Ruane: The Senator said she was pressing the amendment.